Ayurveda is a holistic system of medicine from India that provides guidance regarding food and lifestyle so that healthy people can stay healthy and those with health challenges can improve their health. There are several aspects to Ayurveda that are quite unique:

• Its recommendations will often be different for each person regarding which foods and which lifestyle they should follow in order to be completely healthy. This is due to its use of a constitutional model.
• Everything in Ayurveda is validated by observation, inquiry, direct examination and knowledge derived from the ancient texts.
• It understands that there are energetic forces that influence nature and human beings. These forces are called the Tridoshas.
• Ayurveda sees a strong connection between the mind and the body.